Key initiatives • Rise in indexation rate for government grants to universities to 3.8 per cent. The rate for VET is 1.89 per cent. • Cuts to international education scholarships, fellowships and exchanges funding • Higher education funding delivers extra ...

Both the federal Coalition and the Australian Greens have expressed concerns that the higher education sector will be underfunded as a result of last week’s budget. Senator Brett Mason, the opposition shadow minister for universities and research, said he believed ...

Three students were arrested at a protest over redundancies at the University of Sydney last week, where a police officer’s arm was also broken. After months of at times angry debate, including a hearing at Fair Work Australia, the university ...

Music staff at the Australian National University will have to reapply for their jobs after it was announced that the existing bachelor of music course will be radically restructured to make it more relevant to graduates. All 32 positions in ...

Outstanding courses could present a way for universities to stand out in the crowd – and attract more funding from the government, a seminar in Melbourne has been told. The Base Funding Review panel suggested that universities could offer undergraduate ...

Findings presented at a one-day seminar on higher education base funding make the case that it is hard to justify public tuition subsidies across all university courses. The Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne hosted ...

The University of Queensland has announced the appointment of a new vice-chancellor, Professor Peter Hoj, VC at the University of South Australia, but the scandal that led to his predecessor’s downfall remains unsettled. Documents obtained by Campus Review under freedom ...

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor Peter Hoj as its new vice-chancellor and president. Hoj is currently the vice-chancellor and president of the University of South Australia and his previous roles include CEO of the Australian Research Council and ...

Bequests, fund-raising and donations from alumni may make the difference been good and great universities the way things are going, writes Louis White. Universities will become more reliant on philanthropic activities from businesses and individuals as government financial support recedes along with ...

Huddled in a small, dank and dingy motel room near a city centre, a team of senior managers headed by vice-chancellor, Ian Slap, contemplate the consequences of being discovered by the press who are roaming the vicinity. Jane [PVC for ...